# Kyle Walker Kyle Walker is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 31. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 31 - Serving since: 2020-11-17 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/da010a7d-0344-48cb-b9ba-2eca71007cc6 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/da010a7d-0344-48cb-b9ba-2eca71007cc6 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline The policy areas Walker talks about and legislates on agree at 0.35 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans. ## What Walker says (IN 2025–26 session) 326 classified statements: 326 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Walker | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 0.6% | 9.5% | 300 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 36.5% | 37.3% | 182 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 1.2% | 2.3% | 197 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 20.5% | 15.4% | 108 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 30% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Commerce 13% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%); Health 13% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Transportation and Public Works 11% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Crime and Law Enforcement 10% (State Senate Republicans 12%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.02), from 418 donors and 635 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 90.1% (91.0%). 27 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 140 - Becker · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1115 - Deery · HB 1115 Homeowners association governance. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1115/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 14 - Rogers · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1200 - Crider · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 179 - Crider · SB 179 Indiana department of transportation. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB179/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 80 - Freeman · SB 80 Code publication. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB80/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1408 - Raatz · HB 1408 Education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1408/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1406 - Holdman · HB 1406 Tax and fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1406/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1277 - Crider · HB 1277 Health and human services matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1277/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 49 bills: 49 reached committee, 40 passed one chamber, 30 passed both, 20 became law. Cosponsored 75. 81.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 10 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SCR 14: Congratulating the Hamilton Southeastern H.S. girls soccer team. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR14/ - SR 12: Honoring Jacob Oakman. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR12/ - SCR 15: Congratulating the Hamilton Southeastern H.S. boys lacrosse team. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR15/ - SCR 13: Congratulating the Hamilton Southeastern H.S. "We the People" team. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR13/ - SCR 12: Congratulating the Fishers Junior H.S. "We the People" team. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR12/ - SB 286: Cannabis regulation. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB286/ - SB 289: Public depositories. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB289/ - SB 5: Suspension of permit. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB5/ - SB 197: Garnishment. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB197/ - SB 190: Crimes concerning gift cards. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB190/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $125.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KyleCWalker/status/2110490899369136316 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/KyleCWalker/status/2109796320634343719 - 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/KyleCWalker/status/2108618609178083663 - 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/KyleCWalker/status/2107954204111257654 - 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/KyleCWalker/status/2107259613510828272 - 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KyleCWalker/status/2106082010288562189 - 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KyleCWalker/status/2103246905908043941 - 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KyleCWalker/status/2102352292351455548 - 2026-09-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/KyleCWalker/status/2101312908944666800 - 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/KyleCWalker/status/2100666152636604564 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/legislators/legislator_kyle_walker_1 - Campaign site: https://walkerforindiana.com/ - X: https://x.com/KyleCWalker - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WalkerforIndiana/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylewalkerforstatesenate/?hl=en - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4H1tnKeOTK1t9KKHFW_kA - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-walker-70959a3a/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/da010a7d-0344-48cb-b9ba-2eca71007cc6